Wuala

The nicest thing about wuala for me, apart from file availability and encryption, is the network drive option for Windows computers. This is because it is transparent to the user and requires no additional steps to work with files, you simply manipulate the files as if they were on a local drive. In a business environment this would be great because the user needs no additional training to use the program.

What I would like to see is a version of the client for mobile business users with the following features:
-Disable 'world' access so that business documents cannot be shared with the outside world
-Enhanced sharing permissions and access control
-Better Windows x64 network drive integration and Linux FUSE support
-Sync to local 'master copy' of files, on company intranet server.

I think businesses would gladly pay for such a version because of small infrastructure & training costs.

Every so often, people ask where the downloads are. They remain at their original location and you need to navigate there. The downloads window helps you find them. Also, you can add the file to your favorites so that you find them again.

However, it doesn't solve the problem of accessing the files via the network drive, especially if it is a file from the world area (where is it??). There's no central place for downloads yet. What about the following idea?

- We introduce a new special folder "Downloads" under your files. A central place for all downloads.
- You can open it in Wuala or via the network drive W:/USERNAME/Downloads
- Only explicit downloads appear there. Files that you open directly (double click, e.g. in the world are) won't.
- You can keep the files forever, or delete them to free up HD space, as you like
- The download window remains, to show progress, speed and such. If you clear the list there, it does what it says, not more, meaning that the list is empty but the files remain in your downloads folder.

The concept is very similar to a browser download (downloads window, file on desktop). Also, you can execute files directly in the browser (open) or download them explicitly, also similar. Favorites would be a bit obsolete - we could introduce a 5-star rating later.

Tell us what you think. Have a nice weekend!

As the amount of data requested can make a long list in a few moments there should be a new tab next to the actions icon.
Instead of showing popup windows for a "Save as" action, it could simply add a download to a queue.
By drag'n'dropping queue items to the same "level" as an existing queue item, it sould download both at same time.
I can provide a schema to exemplify my idea...

In the bottom of the main Wuala window there could be a couple more informations that users always like:
- Data used in local disk (traded space) - along with the used space;
- Uploaded total and downloaded total in a stats icon/button or on mouseOver the current upload/download speed.